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Mike Cameron was part of the return the Mariners got for trading away Ken Griffey Jr.

Cameron would accumulate more WAR in his 4 seasons in Seattle (18.3) than Griffey would for the entire rest of his career (11 seasons--13.1 WAR).

The other player the Mariners got in that trade was prospect Brett Tomko, who--according to MLBTR--is interested in making a comeback in his age 40 season (after not playing anywhere in 2012 or 2013), and has several teams interested.

Mike Cameron was part of the return the Mariners got for trading away Ken Griffey Jr.

Cameron would accumulate more WAR in his 4 seasons in Seattle (18.3) than Griffey would for the entire rest of his career (11 seasons--13.1 WAR).

They also got Antonio Perez, who was the player they sent to Tampa with Lou Piniella in exchange for Randy Winn... who had more WAA in his two and a half seasons in Seattle (4.4) than Junior had in the rest of his career (-1.2).

The Phillies seem to have gotten rid of Chris Wheeler and Gary Matthews as announcers. I have no strong opinion of Wheeler but I liked Matthews. A sort of weird highly pitched voice but seemed to know what he was talking about and was able to communicate it.

Complete list of trades of one Hall of Famer for another Hall of Famer, straight-up:

1. February 28, 1893. Cleveland Spiders trade (young) George Davis to the New York Giants for (a mostly washed-up) Buck Ewing.

2. December 15, 1900. Cincinnati Reds trade Amos Rusie to the New York Giants for Christy Mathewson. (Mathewson was 19. Amos Rusie would only pitch 3 more games in his career.)

3. February 9, 1927. New York Giants trade George "High Pockets" Kelly to the Cincinnati Reds for Edd Roush. (Both players were just about done.)

4. March 17, 1969. Atlanta Braves trade Joe Torre to the St. Louis Cardinals for Orlando Cepeda. (Cepeda was almost done, but would have a few moderately effective years in Atlanta. Torre was just 27, and would have several great seasons--including winning the MVP Award in 1971--with St. Louis).

We can almost include a few more:

(5). December 11, 1931. Chicago Cubs trade Hack Wilson (and Bud Teachout) to the St. Louis Cardinals for Burleigh Grimes. (Teachout was a throw-in--he'd only pitch 1 inning the rest of his career. Burleigh Grimes was just about done. The Cardinals immediately sold Hack Wilson to the Brooklyn Dodgers, where he had a few more decent but injury-plagued seasons before retiring.

(6). November 22, 1920. An even bigger stretch! The Philadelphia Phillies trade Eppa Rixey to the Cincinnati Reds for Greasy Neale and Jimmy Ring. (It's a cheat--Greasy Neale is in the pro football Hall of Fame!)

(7). June 7, 1920. The Phillies trade Dave Bancroft to the New York Giants for Art Fletcher (and cash). (Bancroft was just beginning his career, while Fletcher was ending his. Bancroft is the only one in the Hall of Fame, though Fletcher was just as good a player as Bancroft.)

I would include the swap of Rogers Hornsby for Frankie Frisch and Jimmy Ring in the latter category. Ring wasn't a total non-entity, but he wasn't that great either; was coming off an 81 ERA+ season; and as it turned out, had only 209 innings of 67 ERA+ left in him.

The idea that Rogers Hornsby could be traded for Frankie Frisch feels so crazy. I'm reminded me of the reaction to the Roberto Alomar/Joe Carter for Fred McGriff/Tony Fernandez trade. Everyone was saying "Nowadays, if a star is traded, it's for prospects! You never see a star-for-star deal like this anymore! Appreciate this trade, because you may never see its like again!" And I remember thinking, "Bill James taught me that when people say things like that, they're usually wrong."

But this time, they weren't wrong. That deal remains an outlier. Hell, Kinsler for Fielder may be the closest thing since, for all I know.

Are we saying Kent Mercker (traded for Eddie Murray) has no chance with the Veterans Committee? He pitched in the NLCS or ALCS in five different seasons! 3.63 ERA in 16 games! And one of his top comps is Bruce Ruffin, who I always used to confuse with Bruce Sutter.